Chat & messaging impact

Performance impact by chat provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q1 2026 edition · Phone field outcomes
Metric LCP INP CLS
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At a glance the headline numbers for Chat & messaging impact

Performance impact by chat provider.

10
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
2,586
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
1.8s
Best LCP (p75)
Re:amaze
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by LCP at p75, fastest first

# Provider LCP p75 Passing Sites
1 Re:amaze 1.8s 90.5%
73
2 Gorgias 2.1s 86.7%
115
3 Zendesk Chat 2.2s 80.0%
372
4 Smartsupp 2.2s 83.8%
137
5 LiveChat 2.5s 74.6%
170
6 Crisp 2.5s 75.3%
128
7 HubSpot Chat 2.5s 74.4%
742
8 Tawk.to 2.7s 72.2%
528
9 Tidio 2.7s 72.3%
218
10 Intercom 2.9s 68.9%
103
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP per provider which group passes the LCP most often

ProviderSitesPassing LCPp75
Drift 0% 5 100% 2.0s
Re:amaze 0.1% 73 91% 1.8s
LiveAgent 0% 17 88% 2.1s
Gorgias 0.1% 115 87% 2.1s
Freshchat 0% 46 85% 2.2s
Olark 0% 24 85% 2.0s
Smartsupp 0.1% 137 84% 2.2s
Help Scout Beacon 0% 28 83% 2.2s
Zendesk Chat 0.4% 372 80% 2.2s
Crisp 0.1% 128 75% 2.5s
LiveChat 0.2% 170 75% 2.5s
HubSpot Chat 0.8% 742 74% 2.5s
Tidio 0.2% 218 72% 2.7s
tawk.to 0.6% 528 72% 2.7s
Chatwoot 0% 27 70% 2.6s
Intercom 0.1% 103 69% 2.9s
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good LCP (2.5s at p75) · one value per site

87% of Gorgias sites pass LCP. Intercom trails 18 points behind, leaving 31% of its sites failing. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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All five vitals at once the whole category without toggling - cell is the pass rate, small number the p75

LCP
INP
CLS
FCP
TTFB
HubSpot Chat 0.8%
742.5s
90153ms
830.05
652.1s
471.4s
tawk.to 0.6%
722.7s
91147ms
810.08
652.1s
451.5s
Zendesk Chat 0.4%
802.2s
89151ms
870.05
781.8s
581.1s
Tidio 0.2%
722.7s
91144ms
880.04
642.1s
621.4s
LiveChat 0.2%
752.5s
86149ms
700.16
692.0s
531.2s
Smartsupp 0.1%
842.2s
90153ms
880.04
731.8s
461.3s
Crisp 0.1%
752.5s
87156ms
850.04
662.2s
571.1s
Gorgias 0.1%
872.1s
85175ms
890.06
911.4s
90611ms
Intercom 0.1%
692.9s
74211ms
810.09
642.1s
511.4s
Re:amaze 0.1%
911.8s
85158ms
880.04
911.3s
93594ms
Freshchat 0%
852.2s
87160ms
800.07
771.7s
77761ms
Help Scout Beacon 0%
832.2s
88153ms
840.03
841.5s
79730ms
Chatwoot 0%
702.6s
95163ms
800.09
801.7s
68964ms
Olark 0%
852.0s
92126ms
920.01
851.7s
62901ms
LiveAgent 0%
882.1s
100123ms
810.03
881.5s
631.0s
Drift 0%
1002.0s
50176ms
1000.06
751.5s
33995ms
60%95%+ passing Cell: pass rate, small number = p75 · faded rows: under 100 sites

One row per provider, one column per vital - the cell is the share of sites passing, the small number the p75. No toggling needed to see where the category actually differs.

Gorgias leads on LCP: 87% of its sites pass. Intercom trails at 69%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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